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i think he is electable by either party. people admire that he values -- is a value oriented individual. some of the mantras he subscribes to, live with your values. lot of people can relate to that and the ideal of serving -- she doesn't want to, it would be great but it won't happen. he would stay in the job for four years or eight years or as long as the administration would keep him. like a teenager he is so excited about the agency and recognizing the quality of the people, the military is a lot of brawn and these intellectuals, at heart he is really a professor. one thing he thought about doing after he retires is becoming president of princeton, he loves academia, so he is enjoying where he is now. so thanks, everyone, for coming. this is very exciting and an honor. [applause] >> to be at this famous book store. i hope you all support brad and keep the bookstore thriving and all so again, another shout out for our wounded warriors, thanks for coming. [applause] >> tell us what you think of our programming. you can twe
i think he is electable by either party. people admire that he values -- is a value oriented individual. some of the mantras he subscribes to, live with your values. lot of people can relate to that and the ideal of serving -- she doesn't want to, it would be great but it won't happen. he would stay in the job for four years or eight years or as long as the administration would keep him. like a teenager he is so excited about the agency and recognizing the quality of the people, the military is...
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even when he is first elected to congress and he writes letters from his first trip abroad, the letters are filled with all these visions -- what is going to happen when we come that? this wonderful nursery, check out the ship, have this nursery, we can take trisha down there. we can see the sights of europe. for years he promised to take her to europe. it didn't actually happen as a vacation until 1963. he was still promising it was going to happen. does that answer your question? i think we have time for one more question. >> i would be curious to know a little bit about her family, in nevada. what did her father do, why move to california? what were his parents like, what were her mother's parents like? >> we're getting into a tricky area. her father was the son of irish immigrants and he had to travel around -- she did a lot of things. he would talk about his good ventures. he had been made minor. term mother was a first-generation german immigrant and her mother had been married before. her mother was -- her mother came over as a child and stayed and eventually married a man named
even when he is first elected to congress and he writes letters from his first trip abroad, the letters are filled with all these visions -- what is going to happen when we come that? this wonderful nursery, check out the ship, have this nursery, we can take trisha down there. we can see the sights of europe. for years he promised to take her to europe. it didn't actually happen as a vacation until 1963. he was still promising it was going to happen. does that answer your question? i think we...
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elected in the country. it is a fascinating period of time. one of the things that is most interesting is if you look at the first two years of the clinton gubernatorial term and arkansas it is almost a replica of the first two years of the clinton administration. ills total chaos. there is no organization, the chief of staff, no structure. ten things at once, not one thing in particular. it is not role recognized. two people who were best friends, bill mostly to other people and they fight all the time. there's conflict. bill get into big trouble because he ends up supporting a tax bill in order to get more money to fix the roads and put the heavier tax on weighty vehicles than lighter ones which means working people with older cars are paying most of the money. totally unpopular. at the same time a whole slew of cuban refugees coming from have an and president carter relocate most of them in arkansas. this is not popular. even though bill clinton has won the governorship in 78 he goes down to a crushing de
elected in the country. it is a fascinating period of time. one of the things that is most interesting is if you look at the first two years of the clinton gubernatorial term and arkansas it is almost a replica of the first two years of the clinton administration. ills total chaos. there is no organization, the chief of staff, no structure. ten things at once, not one thing in particular. it is not role recognized. two people who were best friends, bill mostly to other people and they fight all...
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. , and magazine issues would be in advance of a presidential election that would preview the eight or ten or 12. and it struck me after see some many issues, women were not making it on that list. they were not thought to be presidential. they fought for some reason not to be presidential contender. as an academic you ask why and that for me was the origin of the book. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> for the next 45 minutes juan williams presents the history of america's global participation and influence from 1898-1945. in this time the united states introduced numerous political, cultural and economic ideas to the rest of the world. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us at the heritage foundation. we welcome those who joined us on our heritage.org web site on these occasions. we ask everyone in the house if he would be so kind as to check cellphones one last time and see that they are turned off. amazing how many speakers start doing that. we will post a program on our web site within 24 hours for your future reference and of course our intern
. , and magazine issues would be in advance of a presidential election that would preview the eight or ten or 12. and it struck me after see some many issues, women were not making it on that list. they were not thought to be presidential. they fought for some reason not to be presidential contender. as an academic you ask why and that for me was the origin of the book. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> for the next 45 minutes juan williams presents...
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. >> gene robinson of the episcopal diocese of new hampshire's and first openly gay person elected to be episcopate presents his arguments for gay marriage. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. i think of cambridge as a very sophisticated place but surely you have better things to do on a friday night, really. i am delighted that i was your choice tonight. i am really very honored and it is a special privilege to be introduced by patrick. he is one of my favorite people in the whole world and he is doing some great things and if you haven't bought his book, by it now. is fantastic. welcome. we have pds people here? yes. any harvard people here? yes, oh yes, okay. i am really pleased to be doing this book right now. i have to admit i didn't have time to write a book. i have this day job running a diocese at least until the end of this year when i retire. and i got a call from desmond tutu's book agent who had heard me on and p are talking about gay marriage and he thought this sounds really reasonable and so on and he said i think you have a booking you. and i said i don
. >> gene robinson of the episcopal diocese of new hampshire's and first openly gay person elected to be episcopate presents his arguments for gay marriage. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. i think of cambridge as a very sophisticated place but surely you have better things to do on a friday night, really. i am delighted that i was your choice tonight. i am really very honored and it is a special privilege to be introduced by patrick. he is one of my favorite...
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from 1964 to 2008, it is a period -- a president elected from those years from 1964 to 2008, they were from the sun belt states. jimmy carter from georgia. ronald reagan from california. it ends this forty-year period. there were issues that were critical in the politics that developed. it tended to be oriented around issues of strong national defense and in opposition to unions and the defense of free enterprise policy. also it is in the sun belt, the south and southwest of the see the sunrise of the 1970s to talk about the religious right. the rise of evangelical and fundamentalist voters. national defense, he was a staunch economist who played an important role in populist politics in the late 50s and early 1960s. one of the things that led this to switch parties in 1964. he was opposing labor unions.
from 1964 to 2008, it is a period -- a president elected from those years from 1964 to 2008, they were from the sun belt states. jimmy carter from georgia. ronald reagan from california. it ends this forty-year period. there were issues that were critical in the politics that developed. it tended to be oriented around issues of strong national defense and in opposition to unions and the defense of free enterprise policy. also it is in the sun belt, the south and southwest of the see the sunrise...
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some of the states chose direct election of the electors, some states chose the election of directors or selection of lectures by the legislature. this was truly left up to the states at that time. no, as time has gone by, obviously, and the country has grown, many of those reasons, even if they were practical and made sense in 1787 no longer exist. there is no reason that anybody in any part of this country can know who the candidates are. that is one reason. and specifically to the point that you made, the notion of one-man, one-vote, that never applied to presidential elections because the allocation of electors is based on congressional representation and not just on population. that is a crucial distinction to make. i personally think that the electoral college has outlived its usefulness, if it ever had a practical reason in the first place. many people also point to the idea that a few large states would overwhelm the smaller states. i think that because of technology and communications, that idea is largely archaic as well. on the other hand, i don't think we are going to get
some of the states chose direct election of the electors, some states chose the election of directors or selection of lectures by the legislature. this was truly left up to the states at that time. no, as time has gone by, obviously, and the country has grown, many of those reasons, even if they were practical and made sense in 1787 no longer exist. there is no reason that anybody in any part of this country can know who the candidates are. that is one reason. and specifically to the point that...